Comments on: Build a Wine Cellar to Help the Environment http://basement-wine-cellar.com/2010/02/22/build-a-wine-cellar-to-help-the-environment/ My Experiences Building a Basement Wine Cellar Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark http://basement-wine-cellar.com/2010/02/22/build-a-wine-cellar-to-help-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Mark Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:50:47 +0000 http://basement-wine-cellar.com/?p=116#comment-112 This isn't as obvious an energy savings as you might think. I have a basement wine cellar and I'm actually considering going the opposite route - taking my long term bottles and moving them into refrigeration units while bumping the ambient in the cellar way up. The reason refrigeration units should be much more efficient is that not only do they minimize "empty space" - as you suggest for your cellar, but they're also much lower wattage compared to your BreezeAire unit. I haven't completed my study yet, but have watched my basement wine cellar unit burn ~900+ watts for decent periods of time, especially in the summer months. Currently my thought is to keep the cellar at 68 with my existing unit, and drop a ~500 bottle cabinet in for the Montrachets and Musignys of my collection. This isn’t as obvious an energy savings as you might think. I have a basement wine cellar and I’m actually considering going the opposite route – taking my long term bottles and moving them into refrigeration units while bumping the ambient in the cellar way up. The reason refrigeration units should be much more efficient is that not only do they minimize “empty space” – as you suggest for your cellar, but they’re also much lower wattage compared to your BreezeAire unit. I haven’t completed my study yet, but have watched my basement wine cellar unit burn ~900+ watts for decent periods of time, especially in the summer months.

Currently my thought is to keep the cellar at 68 with my existing unit, and drop a ~500 bottle cabinet in for the Montrachets and Musignys of my collection.

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